Putting it in DataObjectUtils doesn't seem the right place to me. Using your example:
DataObjectUtils.objectForQuery(...) returns a DataObject (which makes sense to me, being packaged in DataObjectUtils). Something that returns an int, which can't even be converted into a DataObject, doesn't feel like it should be in DataObjectUtils. Just my opinion. I liked Lachlan mentioning @avg/etc, too. I had mostly forgotten about those operations in EOF. I'm not intending to side-track the count topic, but I also think we need the ability to handle something like employee.readNestedProperty("manager.employees.fullName") which EOF can handle (you'd get a list of strings). Thanks, /dev/mrg On 6/4/07, Andrus Adamchik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Jun 4, 2007, at 10:46 AM, Lachlan Deck wrote: > Will the DataObjectUtils.intValueForQuery work with 3 tier also? It should. You can look at the sources of the current DataObjectUtils.objectForQuery - the new method is really just an extension of it. Andrus